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Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. We follow her bruising experience in marriage, her probing of male truths,

Elio believes he has left behind his first love - but as an affair with an older man intensifies, his thoughts turn to the past and to Oliver. Oliver, a college professor, husband and father, is preparing to leave New York. The imminent trip stirs up longing and regret, awakening an old desire and propelling him towards a decision that could change everything. In Call Me By Your Name, we fell in love

Darkness falls ...Despair abounds ...Evil reigns ...Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves

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Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller, and most critics liked it. One reviewer wrote: ‘It is one of the most powerful domestic romances which have been published for many years.’ In this Reader you will find: A short biography of Charlotte Brontë | Glossary | Comprehension activities | PET-style activities | Exit test Tags Love | Society Jane Eyre is an orphan, and all alone in the world. But she is

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Die Lage in Westeros stabilisiert sich, ein endgültiger Sieg der herrschenden Lennisters ist in greifbare Nähe gerückt. Alljährlich kehren Gesetz und Ordnung in weite Teile des vom Krieg verwüsteten Landes zurück. Doch die Königin Regentin Cersei findet keine Ruhe. Nach dem tragischen Verlust ihres erstgeborenen Sohnes und der Hochzeit ihres zweitgeborenen, des Kindkönigs Tommen, mit der ungeliebten

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Agal’s desire to save his mother rushes him to the Dead Woods. However, he is yet to find the fate that awaits him during his unicorn hunt. Instead of the award for the hunt, he has to face the battle against the dark powers of the wood as well as the battle with his own inner demons. Agal blames himself more than once for the journey he decided to take. Facing his own death, the potter’s son grows

What strength does human friendship have? Can Arnaul forgive Patrick´s betrayal which had hurt him years ago on the deck of the Golden Dragon? Will Arnaul find the courage to get on a ship and sail the waters of mysterious seas which have fascinated him since he was a child? Will Patrick take responsibility for the treachery of those closest to him, even if it means losing his own life? If you have

\'After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?\' In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro\'s beautiful and

He was the most beautiful man in Olympus. And if I wasn\'t careful, he was going to be my death. *A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Psyche and Eros that\'s as sinful as it is sweet.* In the ultra-modern city of Olympus, there\'s always a price to pay. Psyche Dimitriou knew she\'d have to face Aphrodite\'s jealous rage eventually, but she never expected her literal heart to be at stake...or for

Do vampires really exist? Robert Ferguson believes his wife is one! Will the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr Watson explain her strange behaviour? Or are they facing a real vampire? Opravdu existují upíři? Robert Fergusson věří, že jeho žena jím skutečně je! Dokáže slavný detektiv Sherlock Holmes a jeho přítel doktor Watson vysvětlit její podivné chování? Nebo se setkávají se skutečným

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are the most famous gangster couple in history. They robbed banks in small towns. People laughed at the police because they couldn’t catch the two bandits. Bonnie and Clyde wanted to rob a big, important bank. Will their crazy ride lead them straight into the police firing line or will they live a quiet life together in their endless love? Bonnie Parkerová a Clyde Barrow